Instrument for curling hair



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MARK M. LEVIS, OF ALBANY, NENV YORK.

INSTRUMENT FOB CURLING HAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,103, dated April 21, 1857.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARK M. LEWIS, of the city of Albany, State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Instrument for Curling the Hair ofthe Head in Hair- Dressing, of which the following specification, withthe drawings hereto attached as part of the same, is a fulll and perfectdescription.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the implernent. Fig. 2 is a section ofthe same through its center longitudinally.

Similar letters in both gures refer to th same parts of the apparatus.

A, B is a tapering tube shaped like the usua curling sticks employed inhair dressing. In the lower or narrow end of this tube there is a slota-b Fig. 1 cut for about half the length of the tube. A lcomb c-cl, isfitted so as to lie when required within the tube, entering in by theslot and lying with its teeth just coming up to the outer edge of theslot. The comb is attached to the tube by a bent spring e, f, g whichcoming down to the back of the comb is there attached by one end g, theother being fastened to the tube at e. The spring is adjusted so as tokeep the comb projecting out itsfull width from the tube as shown inFig. l. When the spring is pressed down it carries the comb, into theinterior of the tube as shown in Fig. 2. L, Y

The instrument is to be made of metalso that for the purpose of heatingit, it can` be plunged into hot water, which will give heat enough forcurling purposes without the hazard of scorching the hair.

To operate the instrument, the. teeth of the comb is passed into, a lockof hair, that part of the instrument being used as a handle lying backof the comb marked H. It is turned 4around till the hair is woundtightly around the tube. When this is done the spring is pressed upon bythe thumb at We, f, which withdraws the comb into the interior of thetube, and permits it to be withdrawn from the curl without disturbingthe hair.

The advantages of this instrument are: that it can be used cold, in theplace of the ordinary curling comb, never disarranging the curl whenonce made by its withdrawal, which cannot be done witha comb, and thatwhen required it can, from its being made of thin metal, be heatedinstantly and suffciently by being dipped into hot water, in lieu, ofthe ordinary curling tongs.

I claim- The construction of a hair curling instrument by thecombination of a taper formed tube with a comb which can by a spring orequivalent apparatus be made to project from the surface of the tube orwithdrawn into the interior, substantially as set forth and described inthe within specification.

MARK M. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

E. J. MILLER, RIGHD. VAREK DE WITT.

